diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index df30947..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-
-.idea/
diff --git a/src/WebHandlers.cpp b/src/WebHandlers.cpp
index db21df3..e7ee62f 100644
--- a/src/WebHandlers.cpp
+++ b/src/WebHandlers.cpp
@@ -28,16 +28,14 @@ AsyncStaticWebHandler::AsyncStaticWebHandler(FS& fs, const char* path, const cha
   if (_uri.length() == 0 || _uri[0] != '/') _uri = "/" + _uri;
   if (_path.length() == 0 || _path[0] != '/') _path = "/" + _path;
 
-  // If uri and path ends with '/' we assume a hint that this is a directory to improve performance.
-  // However - if one do not end '/' we, can't assume they are files, they can still be directory.
-  _isDir = _uri[_uri.length()-1] == '/' && _path[_path.length()-1] == '/';
+  // If path ends with '/' we assume a hint that this is a directory to improve performance.
+  // However - if it does not end with '/' we, can't assume a file, path can still be a directory.
+  _isDir = _path[_path.length()-1] == '/';
 
-  // If we serving directory - remove the trailing '/' so we can handle default file
+  // Remove the trailing '/' so we can handle default file
   // Notice that root will be "" not "/"
-  if (_isDir) {
-    _uri = _uri.substring(0, _uri.length()-1);
-    _path = _path.substring(0, _path.length()-1);
-  }
+  if (_uri[_uri.length()-1] == '/') _uri = _uri.substring(0, _uri.length()-1);
+  if (_path[_path.length()-1] == '/') _path = _path.substring(0, _path.length()-1);
 
   // Reset stats
   _gzipFirst = false;
@@ -63,8 +61,8 @@ bool AsyncStaticWebHandler::_getFile(AsyncWebServerRequest *request)
   // Remove the found uri
   String path = request->url().substring(_uri.length());
 
-  // We can skip the file check if we serving a directory and (we have full match or we end with '/')
-  bool canSkipFileCheck = _isDir && (path.length() == 0 || path[path.length()-1] == '/');
+  // We can skip the file check and look for default if request is to the root of a directory or that request path ends with '/'
+  bool canSkipFileCheck = (_isDir && path.length() == 0) || (path.length() && path[path.length()-1] == '/');
 
   path = _path + path;
 
diff --git a/src/WebResponses.cpp b/src/WebResponses.cpp
index 6534b6e..c74d0f9 100644
--- a/src/WebResponses.cpp
+++ b/src/WebResponses.cpp
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ void AsyncFileResponse::_setContentType(String path){
 AsyncFileResponse::AsyncFileResponse(FS &fs, String path, String contentType, bool download){
   _code = 200;
   _path = path;
-  
+
   if(!download && !fs.exists(_path) && fs.exists(_path+".gz")){
     _path = _path+".gz";
     addHeader("Content-Encoding", "gzip");